This film begins by showing the building of the Dartmouth Dam on the Mitta Mitta River to flush out the Murray River whose river basin is comparable to the Danube Basin, but has only 17% of the Danube’s flow. It shows the devastating impact of ever-increasing salinity in the Murray River on the agricultural productivity and the purity of Adelaide’s domestic water supply. Suggests ways of overcoming the salinity problem through saline interception schemes, such as those pioneered by the NSW government. A valuable insight to the political nature of the great Muray River by its custodians, Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. Suitable for upper secondary level.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
506220
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Dartmouth Dam (Vic.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Murray River (N.S.W.-S. Aust.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rivers - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Rivers - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Saline water conversion
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Salinity - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water - Analysis
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water quality - Australia
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water resources development
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water-storage
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water-supply - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water - Analysis
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water - Purification
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water consumption
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water quality - Australia
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water resources development
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water-storage
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water-supply
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water-supply - Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Water consumption
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)